St Andrew’s remain unbeaten

ST ANDREW’S kept their unbeaten run this year intact when they hit back in the second half to defeat Brandwag 19-18 in their schools rugby encounter in Uitenhage at the weekend.

Brandwag looked in control during the first half, scoring two tries via fullback Nicholas Lourens and a penalty by Malcolm Jaer to lead 15-0 at the break.

But St Andrew’s came back strongly in the second half, with inside centre Ryan Horne, flyhalf Ethan Fortuin and fullback Courtney Archer crossing for tries. Horne added two conversions.

Jaer succeeded with another penalty for Brandwag to make the score 19-18 to St Andrew’s with 10 minutes to play. Brandwag continued to attack, but St Andrew’s showed ferocious defence to keep them at bay.

The home side were awarded a penalty after the hooter had gone, but Jaer’s kick landed just short.

THERE were mixed fortunes for Eastern Province schools Grey High and Framesby who took part in the Wildeklawer tournament at Maritzburg College, which started on Thursday.

Grey made an excellent start to the tournament when they defeated Northern Cape side Diamantveld 51-10 on the opening day. The Grey side ran in nine tries with two each from Dylan Vermaak and Johan van Niekerk , while the rest came from CJ Velleman, Junior Pokomela, Jeremy Ward, Keanu Vers and Linley Kritzinger.

However, the Port Elizabeth team more than met their match when they clashed with South Western Districts team Outeniqua on Saturday, being trounced 48-15. Outeniqua are rated one of the top schools teams in the country this year, with a win over the Grey College side, although they did lose to Paarl Gymnasium the previous weekend.

Framesby had a tough start to the tournament and were beaten 41-21 by Affies in their opening match, but redeemed themselves with a 16-16 draw against the competitive Maritzburg College in their second game.

The big Eastern Cape showdown in East London between Queen’s and Selborne was called off because of a water-logged field.

In other results, Ithembelihle gave themselves a boost with a solid 43-5 win over Uitenhage High, while Humansdorp proved their worth by beating Ndzondelelo 20-6.